Paregoric
[,pærә'gɒ:rik]
Definition
(a.) Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.
(n.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.
Inputed by Anna
Definition
adj. soothing lessening pain.—n. a medicine that soothes pain: tincture of opium.
Typist: Naomi